Quick disconnect of tubing?

[magictorch]

Just wondering if anyone has used these before? Do they restrict flow? I guess I need the male and female.
K -1/2 ID Tubing, Extreme Flow, Quick Disconnect Valve F 1/2 ID Tubing, Extreme Flow, Quick Disconnect Valve [VL4-F13-19S] - $19.99 : DazMode, Canadian PC Water Cooling and Modding Store

[gingerbee]

I used them on a build a long time ago and had no problems what so every. justmy2cents

[JD]

I have the 3/8" ID ones from the VL3 series. Works perfectly fine. Not sure how it impacts flow though.

They do still let out a fair bit of fluid when disconnecting though, so you'll want to have the paper towel close by.

[gingerbee]

all quick disconnects do let out some fluid so having paper towel is pretty much mandatory

[JMCD]

I used some on an older build, they do make moving stuff around easier in the long run.

[MpG]

Very nice QD's, and very free-flowing, although I have to say that they let out more than 0.5-1mL of fluid when you disconnect them. But yeah, every single one of my builds for the last year or so has used these. A little pricy, but a lot more useful than a lot of the fitting bling around these days. And yeah, you'll need one male and one female to make a connection.

[matsta31]

So 40$ for one connection, expensive.

[Sagath]

Yes, very expensive. It really depends how much modding and the like you do on your rig, sometimes that 80 bucks (since you'll probably need atleast two in a setup...) is worth it.

Me personally? I think its cheaper just to buy 12 bucks worth of new hose, and rerun my rig...

[_dangtx_]

if you rework your loop a lot/often? very worth it. quite expensive as mentioned, and do have a big towel under it.

and even after you connect it, and you give it a go make sure you got something under for the first minutes. i may be paranoid about it, but never lost anything that way :p

[Dazmode]

VL4 is a least restrictive type from all Koolance QDCs. I used VL3N myself they barely spill 1 drop of water. I wish they would be not as huge, otherwise i would use them more.